Third Quarter Project

How to use Questia Videos - Please do all assignments on a computer - not an iPad. ALSO note. The South Side High School homepage has changed since this video. If you look for the library on the new webpage, you must look for the Academics tab and then se

After viewing this video, log on to Questia with your user name and password. The video starts out with an image of the old High School webpage. The new school website looks different and the library website can now be found under the Academics Tab.

After viewing this video, create a project for your assignment. The video starts out with an image of the old High School webpage. The new school website looks different and the library website can now be found under the Academics Tab.

Use the following example to practice search strategies discussed in this video. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

According to a recent article on the Mexican War, President Polk ordered General Taylor to occupy land claimed by Mexico knowing that this could be interpreted by Mexico as a declaration of war.

Type in the term Mexican War. How many results did you get?

Now click the pencil button to edit your search terms and put "Mexican War" in quotations marks to make it a phrase. How many results did you get?

Click the Add a keyword button. Type the name Polk. How many results did you get?

Click the Add a keyword button again. Type the word provoke. Look at the results under Academic Journals.

Select the first journal article. What is the title? Does it agree with your article's point of view or does it oppose your article's point of view?

Follett E-Boos

The library has print and e-books. Use the search box to look for a book in the school catalog. Make sure you hit the magnifying class - NOT enter.

To open an e-book you will need to login. On the back of your student ID is your 9 digit ID number. This ID number is your user name AND your password.

Ex.:

Directions to download the app for e-books to your iPad:

Go to the RVC catalog app on your iPad and download the Brytewave K-12 app. Open the app and select South Side High School from the drop down menu. Check with the librarian for your user name and password

Questia

JSTOR

This will allow you to narrow your search by keywords AND limit your results tto specific subject areas.

Step one: Brainstorm the important keywords about a topic. Example: When researching the Cuban Missile Crisis you might also want to add the keywords Kruschchev and John F. Kennedy.

Step Two: limit the search to specific subject areas. Example: History Titles and American Studies.

*** When you log in from home look under the JSTOR logo in the right hand corner. If it says, Your access to JSTOR provided by South Side High School, you are logged in. You can create your own account bylogging in to the school account and then registering.

Citation Worksheet

Use this guide for help citing books, websites, databases, journal articles, ebooks, primary sources and more.

Paarenthetical Citations

Any source information that you provide in your parenthetical citation MUST correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. Specificallly, whatever signal word or phrase you include in your parenthetical citation, MUST be the first word(s) that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry in the Works Cited List.

Example - MLA Works Cited Page

See what your Works Cited page should look like. The Works Cited page should:
- Be the last page of your paper with the words Works Cited centered at the top of the page.
- Be listed in Alphabetical Order.
- Begin with a hanging indent for the second line.